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One Day, Britain’s Monuments Will Fall

Dan HicksThere are two very different kinds of monumentality at play here. The book traces how they have unfolded in real time. On the...

William Blake Was a Prescient Critic of Capitalist Alienation

Comparing the poet, painter, and master engraver William Blake to his contemporary William Wordsworth in a 1991 London Review of Books article, Jonathan Bate...

How Sweden’s Social Democrats Abandoned the Working Class

Mention Sweden to the average American and an idyllic image of a society with high levels of education, low levels of inequality, and homes...

LA Tenants Have Won a Breakthrough Against Landlord Abuse

This summer, a small group of tenants in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park made history when they successfully forced the Los Angeles...

In Cameroon, Hopes for Change Have Been Stifled

In Cameroon, history seems frozen in time. For forty-three years, power has had only one face: that of Paul Biya. The ninety-two-year-old president has...

For 50 Years, Morocco Has Denied Western Sahara Freedom

Fifty years ago, Morocco threatened to start a war with Spain in order to seize Madrid’s colony in Western Sahara. Hassan II, Morocco’s embattled...

Right-wing media escalate attacks on young women voters following Democratic election wins across the country

In the wake of Democrats’ sweeping election victories across the country on November 4, right-wing media quickly focused their ire on young women, who voted overwhelmingly...

Trump snaps at NBC reporter for debunking his claim that Walmart’s Thanksgiving dinner will be cheaper this year than last

This year’s package, at less than $40, contains 23 items; last year, there were 29. The missing items...

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